“It’s terrible that it happens but we very much see this as the tip of the iceberg — our services are saturated,” Ms Glover said.

She and members of the Triple H (housing, homelessness and human services) forum had called for residents appalled by Jane and Paul’s case to harness their goodwill and energy to help in the persistent daily cases of homelessness.

In the 12 months to June this year, for every young person in Albury given help to put a roof over their head, there were another one or two who had to be turned away.